For girls growing up in 1950s Britain Girl" was essential reading. Each week there would be another gripping installment of " Susan of St Brides
- Nurse of the Year"; Lettice Leefe the greenest girl in the school would get herself into heaps of trouble; advice column " Mother Tells You How" would provide wise words on how to pack for a holiday weekend; " Concerning You" would reveal how to choose the most flattering spectacles & the Girl Picture Gallery of lovely paintings to cut out & keep would feature pin-ups of the day such as Humphrey Littleton & Princess Margaret & a variety of delightful woodland creatures & garden birds. " The Best of " Girl"" is a fascinating window onto this hilariously wholesome bygone age of fine upstanding virtue for those too young to remember it & a completely compulsive nostalgia trip for those who arent."